Valve seat resurfacing tool



Aug. 20, 1935.

E. OMALLEY 2,011,688

VALVE SEAT RESURFACING TOOL Filed April 25, 1954 & 2 5 3.

6 II I I I Egg 9 L? 4 E; w i5 255 a Z /6 5 /6 /0 N 1/ 1. A iii '1 \9 I 4 J Patented Aug. 20, 1935 errant oer-ice VALlZ E SEA-T RESURFACING TOOL natal-a OMalIey, ciii'ca aiu, assi i o iaor h 1 third t James G. McNeil"and one-third to Eawara W. oivifaiiey, (lineage; 111.-

Application April 25, 1534; Serial nm'izaz-zt olai'm. (01'. 90{ -=12.5-)

invention relates to improvements in valve resurfacing tools and more particularly to aitobl of this .charactertincluding a plurality of unitary reaming and centering elements which iadaptthe tool to be" guided or centered by the bonnet "or packing put of valve's of different -inverition' with' the understanding that minor changesmay be made thereinwithout departing rfromztlfe' scope thereof l I-nlthe drawingz V Figure I isa ViBW partly in front elevation and partlyl vertical central section ofthe assembled tool when notin' use. i l

1'Figiire 2 is a view partly elevation and partlyl section illustrating ,the application of this "improved tool in preparin'gith'e bonnet of aglobe rvalve -t'o act asa'gui'ding and centering means.

Figure 3ai's afragmentary view similar to Figure 2 illustrating in full lines an application of thi s'invri-ticm which the packing nut is employed as a guiding and centering means, and in broken lines when the bonnet is employed for this purpose. V

Figure 4 is a top plan view of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a detail view in transverse section of one end of the handle illustrating its applicaj tion in removing a valve seat.

' Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 5 illustratj 7 ing the application of the other end of the handle for the same purpose.

Figure 7 is a; fragmentary detail view partly in elevation and partly in central vertical section of a form of this invention as applied to a faucet valve.

Figure lillustrates the complete tool contem plated by this invention, as assembled when not in use, including a reamer spindle I threaded throughout except where the upper end is tapered to becentrally received and engaged by an operating handle 2 and with a plurality of combined reaming and centering elements 3 and jam nuts 4 threaded thereon. It is also preferable to provide the end of the spindle I at the end mounting the handle 2 with an eye hook 5 threaded thereinto to retain thehandle in place and also act as a; hanger for the assembled tool when not inuse. l The handle 2 is preferably rectangular in cross. section and tapered from the center to ends 6 and 1 of different sizes with the edges 8 along each side beveled adapting the handle to be used as a short bar for insertion within a valve to remove its seat, as shown in Figures 5 andl6.-

3 Each: combined reaming and centering elemerit 3wispreferab1yl formed-of hardened steel axially drilled: and tapped to fit over the threaded spindle l' and in'cludesa conicalsmooth centering surface 9 departing from the spindle at an angle,

substantially 45; and terminating in a narrow cylinalru'zal knurled surface it with a conical. reaming surface it departing from the other side theredf t6 inset the threaded spindle l at an angle thereto, preferably at ahangl'e of substa'iitian-y 3'0 to the spindle axis. The rariii'fi'g surface it is preferably knurled or milld'. To

-a'.ccominodate this tool to valveseatsof d'ifier'e'nt si'z'es aipl'urality ofcombin'ed reamingand cer tering elements 3 are provided in which the diam'ter of the cylindrical surfaces 3 are graduate ct whereby the element having reaming rac'eser proper size may as selected is rse'at the Valve It" is ds'ifabl to ofnit the (io'ri'icall came-ring surfaces upon the smallest reamer and J fie partially drill tli flat surface wave reaffiing surface, so that the smallest reamer forms a cap for the end of the spindle as shown in Figure 1.

In the operation of the improved tool, the combinedreaming and centering elements are employed in pairs securedvin their adjusted position by the jam nuts 4. It is preferable to provide the opposite flat surfaces of the jam nuts 4 about the bore with a conical recess l2 to receive and bear against the conical surface of the element 3 when engaged therewith.

In carrying out this invention one of the elements 3 is adjusted upon the spindle l with a smooth surfaced cone 9 adapted to be centered and guided by the interior of the bonnet or packing nut of the valve casing and the other with its reaming surface H in engagement with the seat to be resurfaced and as the tool is rotated by the handle 2 the contact with the valve seat is maintained by taking up on the bonnet or packing nut.

Figures 2 and 3 illustrate a commercial globe valve in which the seat [3 is provided in the diaphragm l4 of the casing l5, which mounts the 'usual threadedebonnet l6 and threaded'packing I nutfl1.

Whenit is desired tormount the tool to be guided by the bonnet and it is found thatthe recesselil aboutnthevbore of the bonnet islinsufficient for proper guidance, the positions of the elements 3 upon the spindle l are reversed, that is, thefguiding surface, '9 of the lower element 3 I is arranged' to bearjupon the vvalve seat 'IS-and ]n' -the reaming surface of the upper element to bear upon the' bonnet. The bonnet with the valve stem and packing nut is removed from the casing !5,the tool with. the elements reversed as r above described, inserted,' the valve stem and packing nut removedfrom' the bonnet and/the bonnet '16 placed over the'spindl'e" I andpartially threaded upon l the casing [57 with the srnog it h 'conica1p s11rface9 vofthe lowerelement-"3 1cm tered upon the valve seat and'the reaming surface' I l of the upperelement engaging the honnet recesskl s'i .lAs-the tool is rotatedrthe-"body' of -:the bonnet'ifi about the recess 18 is fed upon the reaming 'surface ,;I I of :the upper; element 3.- by threading the-bonnets-"lfi -upon;:the' casing- I5 I untila satisfactoryguiding surface has been pro- 1duced,;as shown inFigureEZ. iTheabonnet;l6 is 1 contact thevalve'i seat B with the smooth'con'ical 7 ,surface {of the upperelement 3 receivedflinand [guided by' tl eyrecess' 18;, about the? borerof the "bonnetwlfiqas shown inbrokenf lines Lin Figure 3, t and'tithepspindlex l rotated by the handlelez; to 1*esur f,aoe*the.valve seat. During this operation .;the;.1;eamer 'is fedupon the valve seat by fur- V i "ther threadingof the bonnet lG iupon the casing 1 t s desired to center and guide the tool by packing nut I'l, afterthe 'yalve' stem pack- -ing therefrom has vbeenremoved;the nlit I1 is partially threadedupon the bonnet l6, thelspiri-v ie with me u per; 1 me ta3 s d w gage the interior of. the packing nut I! inserted in thebonnet l 6 with the spindle passingthrough the packing nut I! and the bonnet l6rthreaded home on the casing l5, as shown in full lines in Figure 3. In this case during the resurfacing of the valve seat l3 the reamer is fed thereupon by thetaking up 'of the packing nut [1 upon the threads of the bonnet l6.v v i r In plumbingfaucetsjof the compression type, the tool is operated in the same wayas above I described and "is guided and centered by the "faucet packing nut.

In some types'of faucets the valve seat is. a fiat surface. 19 formed upon the. casing '28 of, the faucet, as shown in Figure 7.}"To resurface such a seat a modified form of reaming" and centering element 3a isprovided differing only from the element ,3 ,h'ereinbefore described inthat a flat knurled surface Ha is 'providedlying in a planea at right angles to the spindle axis. ,It is also preferable to provide an adapter 2|to be used in connection .with the modified element 7 3a which consists of a casing having a central bore 2-2 forthe reception of the spindle I with an internal shoulder, 23 foriienigagement with the. smooth conical centering surface;9 of the element 3a with=the; open end formed t'obe threaded-up'oiigthe casing 20 ,of the faucet; In this form thereamer is fed-upon the seat bytakingup onithe adapter 'in--the-s'ame manner'as the packing nut" Hfor bonnet 16' as .described'in connectionwithFigures and 3. V

A tool for resurfacing 1theseatseofvalves .pro-

vided with a bonnetphavi'n'g a threaded aperture to receive a' valve stem inc1 uding, the combination of.;an operating spindle freely movable withinzthe said aperture. and two combined conical reamer-guides mounted thereon, each having a conical reaming surfacemoretapering:than

the oppositely disposed conicaliguiding surface thereon to first ,form .a circular guiding {surface upon the interioropeningpf said threaded aperture bythereaming'surface of on'enreamerguidei'with the guiding surface'of the other ro- Qtating in the valveseat and then centering-5 the spindle therein by reversing the surfaces of the respective Reamer-guides to resurface the seat withoutedamage to said'bonnetthreads."

A o EDWARD jOMALLEY.f3 

